Justices to Finally Resolve Immigration Circuit Split

A dispute over whether U.S. courts can review deportation cases involving certain immigrants fearing persecution in their home countries will get Supreme Court scrutiny.

The justices agreed Oct. 18 to take up the case of a criminally convicted lawful permanent U.S. resident originally from Lebanon. The issue has split the courts of appeal 8-2. Previous efforts to get the issue before the justices had fallen short.

Nasrallah v. Barr is one of several immigration cases the justices have agreed to tackle this term, including the Trump administration’s plan to wind down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program applicable ...